Suffering
“Many believers today think that pain is the exception in the Christian life. When suffering occurs, they say, “Why me?” They feel as...
Worldview
“…modern believers may know that God is real, but He is real…only at defined moments. …In none of them is God steadily the dominant...
Modernity
“The mobility of populations…does violence to the extended family, having rendered one of the most fundamental structures of human...
Church Unity and Division
“Unity is a difficult thing, perhaps the most elusive of all Christian realities…Unity has always been an American ideal, but uniformity...
Arguing
“Arguing with others, even over matters of faith, is usually a fruitless venture that rarely leads the other to ponder the truth of your...
Illumination
“While He is incarnate, God gloriously reveals Himself on Mount Tabor within the hearts of Peter, James, and John. When the body of the...
Inversion
“From sinful arrogance there follows the inversion of truth…Sin inverts the good order of God, so that mankind calls “evil good and good...
Seeing and Believing
“...while not all seeing is believing, believing is still a form of “seeing.” Or putting the matter somewhat differently, one truly...
Significance/Insignificance
“There is an unrelenting theme throughout Scripture in which God accomplishes His work through that which is least and broken. Whether it...
Heart
“…I begin my day with prayer and some beneficial reading, opening my heart to the divine energies of the Holy Spirit. This is a sort of...